Operation Petticoat (1959)

USA, 124 min
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Basic facts

Original title Operation Petticoat
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1960-01-04

Cast

Cary Grant
major (Lt. Cmdr.) Matt T. Sherman

Tony Curtis
löjtnant (Lt. JG) Nicholas Holden

Joan O'Brien
kapten (Lt.) Dolores Crandall

Dina Merrill
kapten (Lt.) Barbara Duran

Gene Evans
Chief Molumphry

Richard Sargent
fänrik (Ens.) Stovall

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Titles

Original title
  • Operation Petticoat
Swedish release title
  • Operation kjoltyg
Distribution title
  • Operaatio alushame (Finland)
  • U-båden der rødmede (Danmark)
  • Unternehmen Petticoat (Västtyskland)
  • Operación Pacifico (Spanien)
  • Opération jupons (Frrankrike)
  • Operazione sottoveste (Italien)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Story
Special Photographic Effects
Music Coordinator
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Stunt
Titles

Cast

Cary Grant major (Lt. Cmdr.) Matt T. Sherman
Tony Curtis löjtnant (Lt. JG) Nicholas Holden
Joan O'Brien kapten (Lt.) Dolores Crandall
Dina Merrill kapten (Lt.) Barbara Duran
Gene Evans Chief Molumphry
Richard Sargent fänrik (Ens.) Stovall
Virginia Gregg major Edna Howard
Robert F. Simon kapten J.B. Henderson
Robert Gist kapten (Lt.) Watson
Gavin MacLeod Ernest Hunkle
George Dunn The Prophet
Dick Crockett Harmon
Madlyn Rhue kapten (Lt.) Claire Reid
Marion Ross kapten (Lt.) Ruth Colfax
Clarence Lung (as Clarence E. Lung) sergeant Ramon Gillardo
Frankie Darro Dooley, farmaceut
Tony Pastor Jr. Fox
Robert Hoy Reiner
Nicky Blair Kraus
John W. Morley Williams
Arthur O'Connell Sam Tostin

Companies

Production Company Granart Company
Universal-International Pictures Company Inc.
Copyright Granart Company 1959
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Universal Film AB 1960
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2004

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 95123
Date 1959-12-21
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 3290 meters
Notes Speltid: 120 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Eastman Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 124 min


Production location

1959-01 1959-04-15
Universal Studios, 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City, Kalifornien USA (stage 19)
Key West Florida Keys, Florida USA
San Diego, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1959-12-05 New York City, New York USA 124 min
Release in Sweden 1960-01-04 Palladium Stockholm Sweden 120 min
TV showing 1975-03-02 TV1 Sweden
DVD release 2004-10-20 Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3124


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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